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Literature and Arts A-18, "Fairy Tales and the Culture of Childhood"; Science B-29, "Human Behavioral Biology"; Foreign Cultures 62, "Chinese Marriage, Family and Kinship" and Literature and Arts B-51, "First Nights" were lotteried.
Adding to the frustration, Professor of German Maria M. Tatar's Fairy Tales and Fairbank Professor of Chinese Society James L. Watson's Chinese Family are expected not to be offered next year.
O Cathasaigh has found an eager audience for the tales, which he says have been passed down orally since around the fifth century A.D., and describe the lives and battles of mythical Celtic gods and heroes.
The myths also have their share of sex to liven up the weekly workload, which consists of a sampling of the tales in translation and a little commentary.
O Cathasaigh says the tales offer a "fresh and vigorous approach" to the hero culture.